Re: Constipation

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Remember that the definition of constipation is not decreased frequency. Constipation is defined by what the stool looks like.......hard, dry and small formed 'pellets'. If your baby has a stool every five days, yet it is soft and yellow, then she is not constipated.

Is her belly distended? Does she have a fever? Is she breastfeeding frequently and on demand? Supplements? Does she have at least 6 wet diapers daily? Is she crying as if she is in distress? Is she alert and active? Is she nice and pink?

At five weeks, babies are still getting all the kinks our of their systems.....getting regulated. Infrequent stools are not unusual.

If you continued to be concerned. please contact your health care provider for evaluation and advise.

Deborah Wage, MSN, FNP, CNM Advisor, OBGYN.net Pregnancy and Birth.

Jas wrote: >
> Probably not the place to ask but hoping someone might have a
> sugggestion. Our baby is 5 weeks old and has not had a bowel movement
> since Wed.,she is exclusively breast feed. Is there an over the counter
> remedy to get things moving or is she too young for something like that?
> What things in my diet might cause the constipation?
>
> Jenn ( On the quest for a dirty diaper!)

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